Project Gutenberg 1998-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 236 Meynell, Alice 1847 1922 Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson Thompson, A. C. (Alice Christiana) Essays [S.l.] : $b Burns & Oates, $c 1914 WINDS AND WATERS: Ceres' Runaway -- Wells -- Rain -- The Tow Path -- The Tethered Constellations -- Rushes and Reeds -- IN A BOOK ROOM: A Northern Fancy -- Pathos -- Anima Pellegrina! -- A Point of Biography -- The Honours of Mortality -- Composure -- The Little Language -- A Counterchange -- Harlequin Mercutio -- COMMENTARIES: Laughter -- The Rhythm of Life -- Domus Angusta -- Innocence and Experience -- The Hours of Sleep -- Solitude -- Decivilized -- WAYFARING: The Spirit of Place -- Popular Burlesque -- Have Patience, Little Saint -- At Monastery Gates -- The Sea Wall -- ARTS: Tithonus -- Symmetry and Incident -- The Plaid -- The Flower -- Unstable Equilibrium -- Victorian Caricature -- The Point of Honour -- THE CHEARFUL LADIE OF THE LIGHT: The Colour of Life -- The Horizon -- In July -- Cloud -- Shadows -- WOMEN AND BOOKS: The Seventeenth Century -- Mrs. Dingley -- Prue -- Mrs. Johnson -- Madame Roland -- THE DARLING YOUNG: Fellow Travellers with a Bird -- The Child of Tumult -- The Child of Subsiding Tumult -- The Unready -- That Pretty Person -- Under the Early Stars -- The Illusion of Historic Time. Transcribed from the 1914 Burns & Oates edition by David Price "Essays" by Alice Meynell is a collection of reflective and poetic essays written during the late 19th century. The work showcases the author's keen observations on nature, language, and humanity, offering insights into the beauty of the ordinary and the complexities of life. Meynell's prose exhibits a blend of personal sentiment and philosophical contemplation, cementing her voice in the literary canon of her time. The beginning of "Essays" introduces a variety of themes as Meynell articulates her thoughts on nature, specifically the wild beauty and resilience of growth in urban spaces like Rome. In the opening piece "Ceres' Runaway," she employs rich imagery to illustrate how nature triumphs over the constraints of civilization, emphasizing the enduring power of wildflowers that thrive despite attempts to tame them. This essay sets the tone for the collection, highlighting Meynell's observant and lyrical writing style as she navigates through concepts of beauty, existence, and the interplay between humanity and the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English essays PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 402155 2025-08-01T09:47:01.123157 text/html 408270 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/html 154764 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/html application/zip 216831 2025-08-01T09:47:06.819107 application/epub+zip 221423 2025-08-01T09:47:02.785156 application/epub+zip 221423 2025-08-01T09:47:01.731127 application/epub+zip 375180 2025-08-01T09:47:10.296129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338396 2025-08-01T09:47:06.206127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316447 2022-09-01T10:58:51.768537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387391 2025-08-01T09:47:00.732140 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 387127 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152064 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19391 2025-08-01T09:47:10.456080 application/rdf+xml 8695 2025-08-01T09:47:02.228114 image/jpeg 2475 2025-08-01T09:47:01.980105 image/jpeg 211544 2025-08-01T09:47:01.157141 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia